One miner was today killed and nine others were injured in an accident in one of the mines of Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) near here.
The accident occurred at Turamdih mine in the outskirts of Jamshedpur when the workers were cleaning accumulated slush, Dalbhum sub-divisional officer Suraj Kumar said.
As per the primary report water had gushed in suddenly causing the mud to flow and trapping the miners, UCIL chairman-cum-managing director Diwakar Acharya told PTI.
One of them, Milan Karmakar was killed, while 11 others were trapped in the slush. Nine of them have been rescued.
Operations were on to rescue the rest two and the injured were rushed to Tata Main Hospital, where their condition was stated to be stable, he said.
